> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, lonelytraveller wrote:
>
> (snip)
>

>> I thought the NLL was being cannibalised - the north and west bits to
>> Dalston for Orbirail (including the far north bit of the ELL extension),
>> the middle bits from Dalston for the Chelsea-Hackney line, and the far
>> east bits beyond Stratford for the DLR?

>
> The bit beyond Stratford has indeed gone to the DLR. The NLL is itself
> part of the Orbirail plan (i hate that name), rather than being a victim
> of it. There was a suggestion in 1995 for a cheapo Chelney that would
> assimilate the NLL to Stratford, but that never got any further than a
> line on a map - and recently, the safeguarding on the 1991 route, which is
> in tube all the way to Leytonstone, was renewed. If Chelsea-Hackney ever
> does get built, it seems unlikely that it'll be using the NLL (although
> who can say, really). Moreover, the NLL as it stands is increasingly
> popular, for some reason, and i can't see it getting broken up in any way
> - quite the opposite, more trains, services extended to more remote
> destinations, etc.
>
> tom